quote:Originally posted by I'm Not Mister Mxypltk: They do. Besides, for a long while every Superman comic was tied to the next, so there's barely any "free" space in that period. Alan Scott (for example) has lots of free space to spare.
Weird, I've been reading the books for over 11 years and I know that there are plenty of spaces to be filled.
quote:Ah. Was the Hawkworld series any good?
Haven't read either the mini or the monthly.
quote:Ah, I see. So, if I like a character like Superman and I wanna follow his weekly adventures, I must do a lot of research to understand the world he lives in. If I don't keep in mind stuff like Luthor's convulted story, something that has little importance nowadays, I'm being irresponsible as a regular reader.
Don't you think that the fact that Superman's continuity is so convulted has a lot to do with how little accesible the books are? The 1999 semi-revamp attracted a lot of people becuase it seemed to be a new beggining... but it wasn't, the old stuff is still there, they're just avoiding it (in most cases), and that's the problem. It can't be a real revamp unless the old stuff is wiped.
And if I wanted to read X-Men I'd have to do research on what's happened.
If I wanted to play Football I'd have to learn the rules.
If I wanted to play Magic the Gathering I'd have to learn the rules.
If I want to know what's going on in episode 15 of 24 I have to know what happened in the previous 14...
What's your point? That Superman comics aren't simplistic enough for 2 year olds and simple minded people to understand?
Who says they have to be?
quote:Well, you're a modern age fanboy with a hard on for Superman, one that thinks Superman is Man. What's the point? They're different points of view. Why is the one you like more valid than the Waid likes?.
You said it, I'm modern, he's not...
His interpretation of the character is neither 'fresh' or 'modern', points you made very clear are important for the character to work...
quote:Even before that the comics sucked. Even Kesel sucked. In fact, that's why the semi-revamp was done; the comics sucked big time. They sucked even more after that, I agree.
The comics started to suck a year before Eddie came along, that's what gave him the opening to take over, but they got WORSE after he came along, which gave Waid the opening for his outdated reboot.
